| Forest Bitterberry |
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| File size | 121778 |
| Original date | 10/18/11 6:41 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 14.68mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera model | SP590UZ |
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Botanical name: Solanum anguivi Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Solanum lividum, Solanum indicum var. lividum
Synonyms: Solanum lividum, Solanum indicum var. lividum
Forest Bitterberry is a prickly undershrub, 1.5-2 m
tall, with dense woolly parts. Prickles are up to 1 cm long, erect to
slightly recurved. Leaves are 4-15 x 3.5-9 cm, ovate to oblong-ovate,
with wavy margins, pointed, both surfaces star-shapedly hairy and
prickly on the nerves. Leaf-stalk up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers are 4-15
in number, bluish-purple, in leaf-axils cymes. Calyx is 4 mm long,
bell-shaped, star-shapedly hairy. Flower limb is 1.8-2.0 cm broad;
petals pointed. Anthers 6-7 mm long; filaments hairless. Ovary and
style hairy-velvet-hairy. Berry is spherical, 8-10 mm broad, becoming
hairless, yellow. Forest Bitterberry is found in S & SE Asia, Arabia
and tropical Africa. The edible fruits are often gathered from the wild
for local use. It is a semi-cultivated vegetable.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in Kumbharli Ghat area, Maharashtra. |
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